I've been chatting regularly with Bub by email, and it would appear that recent events have transpired to make his return extremely unlikely. I'll let the man himself tell you the story: ========================================================= Hey everyone.
Thanks for asking about me, and thanks to Steve for bringing the thread to my attention. It means a lot to me to know some of you are still thinking of me.
I was planning on coming back in a few months after taking a break from all the drama, but I couldn't come back now even if I wanted to. I was permanently banned for helping a few people via PM and suggesting they try the demo of other software before replacing hardware to see if that helped resolve any problems. Supposedly more than one of the people I helped complained to Cakewalk ... after they thanked me for my help. Yeah, sounds like B.S. to me too.
[Sarcasm]
Apparently only certain forum members get a free pass to suggest to Sonar users that they try other software, and it has to be in public for millions of people to see, rather than in private to a handful of people that were having legitimate issues running Sonar. Then you won't get banned and you'll be "liked" by Cakewalk.
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So far Studio One 2.5 Professional (Up to 2.5.2 now with the last free update a month or so ago.) has been working flawlessly on the same system that Sonar brought to a crashing halt. So "life over there" is pretty good actually, to answer Ampfixer's question. Wish I would have went "over there" years ago. I do miss some things in Sonar, but I don't have that aggravation factor anymore and I'm actually able to take my 'technician' hat off and put my 'musician' hat on and make music. I have a few new ones I was going to post in the songs forum ... but ...
I hope everyone is doing well, I miss talking with everyone, but unfortunately I can't come back. I apologized profusely to Ryan via email and told him I didn't realize I was doing anything wrong, and I still feel that way, but he said the ban is permanent, so I won't be back. At least they made it so I can read the forums this time. They'll probably change that after seeing this.
Whatever ...
Take care all. As always, feel free to email me.
Bub
bubdotd@hotmail.com =========================================================